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TIL in 1952 Kent sold cigarettes with an asbestos filter claiming it was healthier than regular smoking

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5y9 TIL that Steve Irwin’s last words were “Don’t worry, they usually don’t swim backwards”
7rEax TIL in 1917 the Aerowagon experimental high-speed railcar used an aircraft engine and propeller traction to go 140 kph (87mph) to carry Soviet officials. In 1921 officials successfully went from Moscow to Tula. On return it derailed at high speed killing 6 of 22 on board including the inventor.
45BJ TIL London is one of the most surveilled cities on the planet, with 51,000 CCTV cameras. On average, a Londoner is captured on camera 300 times a day. The other cities with the most cameras are Beijing, Chicago, New York and Chongqing, China.
5YoEk TIL the Dunning-Kruger Effect: the cognitive bias of illusory superiority, or why incompetent people think they're amazing. "When arguing with a fool, make sure the other person isn't doing the same"
LJR9 TIL: After investigating a possible hack into the Verizon infrastructure, they found that one of their developers had outsourced his job to a Chinese development firm. The firm did such an outstanding job that the developer was widely considered the best developer at Verizon.